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Topic: Niamiha


In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Minsk History -- 2
The dynastic rivalry between the houses of Kiev and Polacak explains the turbulent history of Minsk in its early years, situated as it was on the southern borders of the latter principality.
The center of the town had shifted to a new cite giving access to the headwaters of the Vilija and Biarazima and the confluence of the Niamiha and Svisloch rivers.
Here also the steep banks of the Niamiha, the high mound south of the stream and Trinity Golden hill offered a good defensive position.
www.belarusguide.com /cities/minsk_DZ/mh_2.html   (741 words)

  
  Niamiha - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niamiha (Belarusian: Няміга Russian: Немига) is a river, flowing through Minsk now (like many lost little rivers of Minsk), contained in a culvert.
The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with a disastrous battle, which took place here in 1067, when the forces of the prince of Kyivan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom.
Some people joked, 'Niamiha found its way from the pipes to the ground surface', the flood was not caused by the river though.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Niamiha   (413 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Niamiha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niamiha (Belarusian: Нямїга Russian: Немига) is a river in Minsk.
Niamiha (or Nemiga) Street is part of a shopping district famous for its amber craftwork.
The Niamiha metro station on the street of the same name was the site a recent tragedy.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Niamiha   (289 words)

  
 Minsk
As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the capital of Minsk voblast (province) and Minsk raion.
Minsk is situated by the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, at coor dm5355N2733Eregion:BY_type:city(1,800,000).
Minsk's area is 266,8 sq km; highest point is 280.4 m above sea level.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Minsk   (2207 words)

  
 Minsk - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Minsk is situated by the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, at 53°55′ N 27°33′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=53_55_N_27_33_E_).
The first recorded mention of Minsk dates from 1067, when a bloody battle between Polotsk and Kiev principalities took place on Niamiha river banks.
In 1326 Minsk became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a common Belarusian-Lithuanian state that after the Union of Lublin in 1569 formed part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Minsk   (923 words)

  
 Minsk - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the capital of Minsk voblast (province) and Minsk raion.
Minsk is situated by the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, at 53°55′N 27°33′E.
Minsk's area is 266,8 sq km; highest point is 280.4 m above sea level.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Minsk   (4066 words)

  
 Court Refuses to Call City Administration to Account For Niamiha Tragedy :: Charter'97 :: News :: 18/07/2002
Hearings of the case at the civil suits of the relatives of Niamiha pedestrian subway throng victims (1999) continued on July 17 in the Moscow District Court of Minsk.
On Wednesday hearing of an expert who carried out psychological examination took place in the court.
Remember, please, you are expected to refer to the Charter`97 Press Center when using the site materials.
www.charter97.org /eng/news/2002/07/18/04   (358 words)

  
 14. Violations of the rights of the citizens, whose relations were killed in the Niamiha subway station tragedy.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Violations of the rights of the citizens, whose relations were killed in the Niamiha subway station tragedy.
The police officers were accused of duty negligence, which resulted in the death of 53 people, and injuries of over 200 people in the Niamiha underground pedestrian crossing on May 30, 2002.
On 17 April Tsentralny Borough Procurator’s Office refused the petition of the relations of those killed in the Niamiha subway station tragedy who protested against the same court’s ruling that had stopped the investigation into the tragedy reasons.
www.spring96.org /en/vcont/6/796   (485 words)

  
 Comprehensive information and links about Belarus Miensk
Minsk is situated by the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, at 53°55′N 27°33′E. The timezone in Minsk is GMT +2.
The first recorded mention of Minsk dates from 1067, when a bloody battle between Polotsk and Kiev principalities took place on the banks of the Niamiha.
In 1326 Minsk became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a common Belarusian-Lithuanian state that after the Union of Lublin in 1569 formed part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
www.quicknation.com /Belarus_Miensk.htm   (726 words)

  
 Minsk History -- 7
The great fire in 1737 resulted in the rebuiding of two Bernardine convents in the Upper Town(including the present Holy Ghost Cathedral); yet another outbreak in 1764 occassioned rebuilding the Uniate Holy Trinity convent in Trajecki Pradmiescie.
A conflagration finally destroyed the old timber-frame castle within the earthworks by the Niamiha.
An even inreasing number of houses in city were being out of brick, many of which have survived and in this respect Minsk was well in advance of Russian cities such as Moscow.
www.belarusguide.com /cities/minsk_DZ/mh_7.html   (770 words)

  
 Niamiha Did You Mean niamiha?
The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with a disastrous battle, which took place here in 1067, when the forces of the prince of Kyivan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom.
One part of the river was put into a pipe in 1926, and the rest of the river was contained into a pipe in 1955.
Some people joked, 'Niamiha found its way from the pipes to the ground surface', the flood was not caused by the river though.
www.did-you-mean.com /Niamiha.html   (438 words)

  
 Court Dismissed Appeal of Niamiha Victims’ Relatives :: Charter'97 :: News :: 19/07/2002
Relatives of Niamiha pedestrian subway throng victims (1999) raised a claim to the Moscow District Court of Minsk against the Minsk executive committee, city police department, Class-club “Jazz Craft”, brewery “Alivaryia” and radio station “Mir”.
Judge Husakova announced the verdict: the court has not met the claim of the relatives of Niamiha victims.
Parents are set to appeal a decision in the Minsk city court.
www.charter97.org /eng/news/2002/07/19/14   (315 words)

  
 History of Minsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minsk, which was a Principality of Polatsk town, was burnt down by the Kievan army during a war between Kiev and Polatsk.
Niamiha river may have had another name then, possibly Meniha.
After the town was rebuilt after the 1067 battle, it was located 100-150 to the south of Niamiha and Svislach confluence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Minsk   (3353 words)

  
 t1.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As a result, in the latter part of the 16th century the Upper Town was laid out with broader streets and a greater recourse to brickwork in the reconstruction of the city.
There were no stone or brick ramparts, the rivers Svislac and Niamiha served as moats to the east and north, whilst to the south and west the main defence was made up of semi-circular earth-works.
In the light of the growing threat from the East, the stockade and redoubt in Trinity suburb were strengthened.
minsk.4mg.com /t1htm.htm   (6423 words)

  
 CER | Belarus: Lukasenka in violation of the Constitution?
Parents of those who perished during the tragedy at Niamiha metro station on 30 May 1999 are angry about the decision of the Miensk municipal government to transfer their protests from the site of the tragedy to Bangalore Square (in the outskirts of Miensk).
The protest were scheduled for 27 January and the main request of the victims' parents is the construction of a chapel at the site of the tragedy.
The Miensk municipal government has not yet responded to the parents of the 53 victims of the tragedy at Niamiha metro station.
www.ce-review.org /00/4/belarusnews4.html   (1625 words)

  
 13. VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
On February 6 Minsk authorities again did not permit the parents of children, who died in Niamiha tragedy, to organize a picket.
The picket was supposed to draw the public attention to the issue of commemorating the children, lost in the tragedy.
During the previous picket, which took place on November 4, 2000, the parents gathered over 2 thousand signatures in support of the idea of creating a chapel on the place, where 53 people had died on May 30, 1999.
www.spring96.org /en/vcont/6/777   (3088 words)

  
 Lukky.org - Hong Kong Travel and Accommodation Guide. lamp, luk, kowloon, haiti, hainan airlines, antalya, monos, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After the town was rebuilt after the 1067 battle, it was located 100-150 to the south of Niamiha and Svislach confluence.
Outside the town walls craftsmen and traders were building wooden houses along narrow streets with wooden flooring.
In the early 12th century Principality of Polatsk disintegrated into smaller fiefs.
www.lukky.org /lamp.html   (1281 words)

  
 Eurozine - Articles
Even if new nations took over old ones, they adapted the legacies of previous dwellers to add something of their own.
Minsk, which significantly enough commenced its recorded history with a bloodbath on the banks of the river Niamiha, has turned into "a city of dead cities", "failed civilisations", "perished heroes" and their nations.
This was precisely what made it an optimal place for an ideal city of the communist utopia.
www.eurozine.com /articles/2006-08-02-klinau-en.html   (2475 words)

  
 Minsk Information, Minsk City Guide, Minsk City Map, Minsk City Tour, City of Minsk, Minsk Travel Guide
With around 250 factories and plants, it has become the major industrial center of Belarus.
Area & Location:Lies on the southeastern slope of Minsk Hills, Minsk is situated along the Svislach and Niamiha rivers.
Located at 53°55' Latitude North and 27°33' Longitude East, the city has an average altitude of 220m above sea level.
www.mapsofworld.com /cities/belarus/minsk   (484 words)

  
 BREST-LITOVSK, BREST, BRISK, BRESTYE, BERESTIE, BERESTOV, BRZESC, sometimes Russia or Poland and now Belarus - Jewish ...
The president of WABJ demands to stop annihilation of Synagogues and old Jewish cemeteries in Mazyr, Rahachow and Grodna — the monuments to Holocaust.
"The authorities are ruining the Synagogue built in 1570 on Niamiha.
For 12 years of my living in the USA I could have bought a house and make a decent living.
www.brest-belarus.com /News_Jewish.shtml   (8491 words)

  
 Ales Pushkin - interview on Radio Liberty
True, death could be seen during the performance festivals – like in works of Zmitser Vishniou, Yuras Barysievic, Liavon Volski, Viktar Piatrou, Ihar Kashkurevich.
It’s enough to mow the roses who grew through the stairs – this was the performance “Niamiha”.
Heavy art, stagnation, coffins and mowers are to remain in the past.
www.pushkin.by /info05_en.htm   (1560 words)

  
 Deadmarsh – Music at Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Add this track to your playlist Aposni zach 'Niamiha'
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Add this track to your playlist apošni žach (niamiha)
www.last.fm /music/Deadmarsh   (573 words)

  
 Notes on Belarusian-American-English Literary Relations
Many well-established Belarusian writers and literary critics in their prime arrived in this wave and made their literary debuts in various publications.
These included Natallia Arsenneva, Jurka Vicbich, Uladzimer Dudzicki, Anton Adamovich, Aliaksandra Sakovich, Liavon Kryvichanin, Stanislau Stankevich, Ryhor Kazak (Krushyna), Majsej Siadniou, Michas Kavyl, Janka Zolak, Anatol Biarozka, Janka Shakun, Uladzimier Klishevich, Janka Jukhnavets, Uladzimier Hlybinny, Antos Halina, Hipalit Niamiha, Siarhiej Jasen, Ales Zmahar, Ales Valoshka.
Two Belarusian-Canadians were writing in this same time frame, Mikola Viarba, and Kastus Akula.
www.belarus-misc.org /diaspora/yurevich/articles/nobaelr.html   (1197 words)

  
 br23 blog - minsk, belarus » Blog Archive » March 25 - The Day of Freedom - in Minsk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Upd 6: a fellow-blogger Lipski reports that arrests are taking place in other parts of downtown.
Several dozen young people (who probably left the main group earlier) were standing in front of McDonald’s near Niamiha trade center, when suddenly a bus full of riot police arrived at the scence.
They came out and started beating up the people.
www.br23.net /en/2006/03/25/march-25   (2230 words)

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